THREE Muslim extremists plotted a beheading outrage after a chilling fatwa proclaimed: "IS supporters to kill civilians everywhere in the West", a court heard today.

The extremist trio were allegedly inspired by IS spokeman Abu-Mohammad al-Adnani, left

Cousins Nadir Syed, 22, and Yousaf Syed, 20, along with Haseeb Hamayoon, 28, were allegedly inspired by a speech encouraging attacks on disbelievers by Islamic State spokesman Abu-Mohammad al-Adnani.

When arrested in early November last year, days before the Poppy Day service, police found "gruesome" images they had sought out online, including beheadings using knives.

Nadir Syed stored images of Lee Rigby's killers while Hamayoon had pictures of a police community support officer patrolling a Mosque car park and had bought a huge "Rambo knife".

Prosecutor Max Hill QC told jurors they would be spared the worst of the of the material 'so you do not have to look at the full horror of the photographs which these defendants clearly found both fascinating and inspiring'.

Woolwich Crown Court heard the defendants were "both ready to receive and act upon the fatwa" when it was issued in mid September last year.

You will pay the price when this crusade of yours collapses and thereafter we will strike you in your homeland and you will never be able to harm anyone afterwards

The proclamation, issued through the brutal terror group's media production centre, Al-Furqan, warned Americans and Europeans "you will not feel safe in your bedrooms".

It encouraged followers to "rig the roads with explosives", 'raid their homes' and 'cut off their heads' as well as inviting attacks on 'police, security and intelligence members'.

The prosecutor said: "To people of a certain mind, by which I mean Islamic extremists such as these three defendants, the fatwa created a considerable stir.

"As we shall see, these defendants became aware of it on the day of release, and they discussed it themselves at length, in an online chat group under the following key message 'IS supporters to kill civilians everywhere in the West'.

"Therefore, the fatwa was accepted as the catalyst for violence, and planning for violence in the case of these defendants by plotting to kill with knives, in this country." Mr Hill described the fatwa as "truly chilling" before passages were read out in court.

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One read: "O soldiers of the Islamic State, be ready for the final campaign of the crusaders. Yes, by Allah's will, it will be the final one. Thereafter, we will raid them and they will not raid us."

Another warned westerners: "You will pay the price as you are afraid of travelling to any land. Rather you will pay the price as you walk on your streets, turning left and right, fearing the Muslims.

"You will not feel secure even in your bedrooms. You will pay the price when this crusade of yours collapses and thereafter we will strike you in your homeland and you will never be able to harm anyone afterwards. You will pay the price and we have prepared for you what will pain you."

The proclamation urged followers: "Rig the roads with explosives for them. Attack their bases. Raid their homes. Cut off their heads. Do not let them feel secure." One passage instructed: "Strike their police, security and intelligence members as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves."

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The trio were inspired by the attack on Lee Rigby

Another read: "If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him from a high place, or choke him, or poison him."

The court heard Hamayoon, who has a Pakistani passport, had lived in Australia and the USA while the Syeds are both British citzens.

Nadir Syed, who was on police bail in relation to a public order incident, attempted to board a flight to Turkey with his cousin in January along with a third traveler, who went on to fight for IS in Syria, it was said.

Analysis of Nadir Syed's phone, seized after his arrest, revealed his "interest in the knife murder of Drummer Lee Rigby on the streets of Woolwich", said the prosecutor.

Over one of the images was the word "Mujahid", meaning Islamic fighter, along with a stored photograph of a police community support officer and other pictures of beheaded men and suicide bombers, jurors heard.

Hamayoon also had photographs of a PCSO, patrolling the car park at a Mosque in Hounslow, west London, on 19 September last year, the court was told.

Jurors were told he had been interested in buying large hunting knives as far back as 2014, using his wife's bank account to buy a "Rambo First Blood II" blade from a website called bladebargains.co.uk

Nadir Syed, of Hounslow, west London, Yousaf Syed, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, Bucks and Hamayoon, of Hayes, west London, are each accused of preparing an act of terrorism contrary to section five of the Terrorism Act 2006, between September 20 and November 7 last year.